Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-09-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Lynchburg VirginiG'a (Dem.) com.
menting on the third party action of the
Prohibitionists in Augusta. trusts that is
not to be the policy throughout the State
of those who are fighting the march of in
temperance, and adds:
cit would only result in distraction and di-
vision among Democrats, and thereby enable
Malone to slip in enough of his men to insure
the perpetuation of Virginias political degra-
dation in the return of Malone to the Senate.
It would be foolhardy policy for the prohi-
bitionists to pursue in any event. 1t would
engender antagonisms and resentments from
those who hitherto have given the temperance
crusade their moral and practical support,
but who conceive that there is no necessity
for any such departure as that inaugurated
by the prohibitionists of Augusta county"
The Democratic nominations for the
House of Delegates last week were:-Pitt-
sylvania-Daniel Coleman, Dryden Wright
and s. T. Mustain; Washington county
John Roberts and John Preston; Kappa
hannock-Basil B. Gordon; Fairfax-Dr.
J. r. Simpson; Culpeper-Jarnes Barbour;
Albemarle-John S. Harris and W. D.
Dabney; Loudoun-John F. Ryan; Gray
son-F. r. Cornet; HenrY-R. G.. Grlggs;
Craig and Roanoke-Giles B. Huffman
Chesterfeld-B. M. Robertson and Jos
Hobson; Caroline-Capt. Gibbons Allen
worth; Buck1ngham-Camm Patterson;
Buckingham and Cumberland for doater
Col. Sam'l. F. Coleman, Of Cumberland
Loudon and Fauquier for foater-Jno. W.
Kincheloe; Isle Of Wight-Jacob A. John
son; Goochlsnd-R. D. James. For the
Senate the Democrats have nominated
John l.. Hurt for Pittsylvania; George E..
Robertson for Chesterfield and Powhstan;
j. ]. A. Powell, of Fluvanna. for the
Buckingham district, and Gen. W. C..
Wickham for the Hanover district.
The Republicans have nominated E. W.
Hubbard for the Buckingham Senatorial
district; J. J. Mcdonald for the Lancaster
district, and M. r. Lloyd for the Chester
field and Powhatan district. The Repub-
licans of Albemarle have nominated Capt.
A. M Lawson and Jno. Hattersley for
the House.
In the Republican convention at Ches-
teTfeld the scenes are reported to have
been disgraceful. Gen. Mahone's favor
ties for the House were Herring and
| Flanagan, but the colored Republicans
| led by the colored delegation from Pow
hatan, broke the slate and put Nevering
Lewis on the ticket in place of Flanagan.
There were several fights and after the
convention adjourned, E. B. Howle, the
county chairman, and several colored Re-
| publcans denounced Mahone's machine.
Howle had fight with DR.. B. Taylor Nc
Cue of Richmond.
1t West Point the Republicans nomi-
mated Morgan Treat, travelling salesman
for Baltimore house, for the House Of
Delegates.
Maj. P. Fl. Powers. of Clarke, who was
nominated by the Democrats for the
House of Delegates, and later had to resign
the nomination on account of illness, died
on Sunday last. The convention to nomi-
| nate his. successor assemblies on October
| 1st Maj. Powers was a brother of Rev.
Pike Powers, formerly of Staunton.
| The majority of W. G. Loving in the
Democratic primary for House of Dele
gates from Amherst county, over Hon. R.
| A. Coghill, was l61. Hon. Thomas White
head has commenced the publication of a
new paper, ''Whltehead's Democrat" at
Amherst q. Fl.
Mr.. W. G. Elan has retired from the
editorial conduct Of the Roanoke
LEADER" and it will be hereafter aggres-
sively Democratic under G. W. Button. -
Mr.. Elan was, on Monday, nominated by
the Republicans Of Louisa county for the
House of Delegates
An informant apprises the Alexandria
Gazette" of what is now cropping out
over the State, a Republican dodge to
make seeming hostility to Malone and
yet nominate candidates who will vote for
him. He cites the Greenville and Sussex
counties Republican nominating conven-
ton, which was absolutely under the con-
troll of Malone, and yet passed resolutions
hostile to him. In Fauquier the same
game is to be played.
Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall and Judge
Staples spoke at Salem last Monday, and
John w. Daniel and Marshall Mccormick
are to speak in Northampton in October.
Of four hundred delegates to the Repub-
lican N. Y. State convention at Saratoga,
two.thirds were for Blaine for the next
Presidential nomination.
Hon. John s. Barbour informs the
Washington correspondent of tie Alexan-
dria Gazette" that he has letter from
Hon. J. R. Tucker in which that gentle
man says he will take part in the labors of
the Virginia campaign ''if he can do so
consistently with imperative previous en-
gagements.'
Senator Riddleberger spoke at Harrison
burg last Monday, arraig ming the Demo-
cratic party. He did not allude to Malone
except in reply to an interrupting inter
[ rogatory, ''How about Mahone?" when
the Senator replied that Malone was not